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The Living Dead
- Narrator
- Lori Cardille, Bruce Davison
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publish Date
- 6 August 2020
- Run Time
- 27 hours 14 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
It begins with one body. A pair of medical examiners find themselves facing a dead man who won’t stay dead.
It spreads quickly. In a Midwestern trailer park, an African American teenage girl and a Muslim immigrant battle newly-risen friends and family.
On a US aircraft carrier, living sailors hide from dead ones while a fanatic preaches the gospel of a new religion of death.
At a cable news station, a surviving anchor keeps broadcasting, not knowing if anyone is watching, while his undead colleagues try to devour him.
In DC, an autistic federal employee charts the outbreak, preserving data for a future that may never come.
Everywhere, people are targeted by both the living and the dead.
We think we know how this story ends. We. Are. Wrong.
©George A. Romero 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
Critics Review
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A horror landmark, a work of gory genius marked by all of Romero's trademark wit, humanity, and merciless social observations. How lucky are we to have this final act of grand guignol from the man who made the dead walk.
JOE HILL, author of NOS4A2
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A sprawling, timely, scary epic that honours the zombie tradition but also goes in new directions and takes risks that pay off.
PAUL TREMBLAY, author of A Head Full of Ghosts
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Like a lost Romero classic, which will play out on the inside your skull long after you’ve finished it.
CLIVE BARKER, author of Hellraiser
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If Night of the Living Dead was the first word in the dead rising field, The Living Dead is the last word. A monumental achievement.
ADAM NEVILL, bestselling author of The Ritual
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The Living Dead expands, clarifies and concludes a tale more than 50 years in the telling, and does so with wit, style and a deep sense of commitment to this frequently unsettling material.
WASHINGTON POST
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A spectacular horror epic laden with Romero's signature shocks and censures of societal ills. A blockbuster portrayal of the zombie apocalypse and a fitting tribute to the genre's imaginative progenitor.
KIRKUS REVIEWS
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the ultimate tribute to a remarkable career. For George A. Romero, that's a wrap. For the rest of us, we are once again reminded to "Stay Scared."
NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS
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Exciting and well-written . . . a perfect farewell from the horror master, George Romero, and undoubtedly will become part of the zombie enthusiast's lexicon.
GRIMDARK magazine
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Everything you could have hoped for . . . dead good entertainment.
THE TIMES
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There's a weight and a depth to this that shows respect for the material, for Romero and for the genre. The authors know what readers want - and deliver. Pleasingly impressive.
SFFWORLD
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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An entertaining romp through the zombie apocalypse, beginning with the outbreak and following various heroes through to their varied outcome.
Hojohns 2023-01-16
Details
- Author
- George A. Romero and Daniel Kraus
- Narrator
- Lori Cardille, Bruce Davison
- Duration
- 27 hours 14 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 August 2020
- ISBN
- 9781473584068
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Genre
- Horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.It begins with one body. A pair of medical examiners find themselves facing a dead man who won’t stay dead. It spreads quickly. In a Midwestern trailer park, an African American teenage girl and a Muslim immigrant battle newly-risen friends and family. On a US aircraft carrier, living sailors hide from dead ones while a fanatic preaches the gospel of a new religion of death. At a cable news station, a surviving anchor keeps broadcasting, not knowing if anyone is watching, while his undead colleagues try to devour him. In DC, an autistic federal employee charts the outbreak, preserving data for a future that may never come. Everywhere, people are targeted by both the living and the dead.We think we know how this story ends. We. Are. Wrong.©George A. Romero 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
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